Stove or range



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M. M. KOCH.

sTovB 0R RANGE.

No. 574,336. Patented 1360.29, 1896.

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M. KOCH. STOVE 0R RANGE.

' Patented Deo. 29, 1896.

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UNiTED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX M. KOCH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

STOVE OR RANG E.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 574,336, datedDecember 29, 1896.

Application filed June 3, 1896. Serial No. 594,134. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t mm1/concern:

Be it known that I, MAX M. KOCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves or Ranges; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make'and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in stoves and ranges; and itcontemplates providing a stove or range with a door which controlscommunication with a iiue or other space where soot is deposited andmeans for peventing the soot Vfrom falling upon the iioor when the dooris opened and for facilitating its removal from the flue or space withinthe stove or range to the receptacle placed to receive it.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion of a stove or range body provided with my improvements, theparts being shown in their open positions. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection taken in a plane above the door-openin g with the door in itsclosed position. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken in the plane indicatedby the line 0c x of Fig. 2 with the door partly open. Fig. 4 is a detailsection taken in the plane indicated by the line y y of Fig. 2 with thedoor drawn outwardly away from the dooropening, but not swung down. Fig.5 is a detail plan View illustrating the mechanism through the medium ofwhich the guards are raised when the door is swung down to a horizontalposition. Fig. 6 is a detail enlarged section taken in the planeindicated by line x x of Fig. 4; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan View ofthe apron, showing the recesses at the outer end thereof.

In the said drawings similar numerals designate corresponding parts inall of the views, referring to which- 1 indicates the body of a stove orrange, which may be of the ordinary or any suitable generalconstruction. This body1 is provided shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

with a iue 2 or other space where soot is deposited, and is alsoprovided with a dooropening 3, which communicates with the iiue or space2 and is designed for the removal of soot therefrom, as will bepresently described.

The dooropening 3 is surrounded by a frame 4, which is Ashown asattached to the body 1, but which, if desired, may be formed integralwith the same. This frame4 is provided with the horizontalinwardly-extending iiange 5, whichrests at the bottom of the opening 3,and the vertical inwardly-extending side iianges U, which rest at theends of said opening 3, and these side flanges, which' are preferablyincreased in thickness at their lower ends, as indicated by 7 in Fig. 2,are provided in their innner sides adjacent to their lower ends withguideways 8, the purpose of which will be presently explained.

9 indicates the apron, which has its side edges arranged and adapted toslide in the guideways 8 of the rame-iianges 6, and is preferablyprovided at such edges with the low upwardly-extending flanges 10, asbetter This apron 9 is recessed at its forward end, as indicated by 11,for a purpose presently described, and it is also provided at its outerend with the lugears 12 and at its inner end with the journalbearings13, which latter are disposed in the direction of the length of theapron, as shown.

14 14 indicate the side guards of the apron. These side guards havetrunnions l5 at their inner ends, which are journaled in the bearings 13of the apron, and they also have trunnions 16 at their forward ends,which are journaled in bearings 17 at the under side of the lug-ears 12,as better shown in Fig. 7, whereby it will be seen that the guards areenabled to be flat upon the apron, as shown in Fig. 2, and are alsocapable of being raised to the upright position shown in Fig. 1. Saidguards 14 are further provided at their connected edges with projections18. (See Figs. 2 and 4.) .These projections 18, when the guards 14drawal of the apron.

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guards are raised, said projections 1S will take into recesses 19,formed in the flanges lO to receive them, and when the apron is drawnoutwardly will move freely with the ianges 10 through the guideways S iniianges (3. In virtue oi' this construction it will be readily observedthat the apron 9 cannot be drawn outwardly to the position shown in Fig.1 without the guards 1l being raisedso as to prevent soot from fallingoff the sides of the apron when the same is extended.

It will also be observed that in virtue of the guards 14 being raised totheir vertical position prior to the out-ward movement of the apron flthe iianges 6 are enabled to scrape the soot from the outer sides of theguards, so as to prevent such soot from falling on the door when theguards are outside the stove or range, as shown in Fig. l.

2O indicates the door for closing the opening 3. This door is providedwith lugs 21,

' The lugs 21 are designed to play or move in the recesses 11 of theapron, and they are so arranged upon the door as to enable said doorwhen in its open horizontal position to rest beneath and entirely closethe recesses 11, so as to prevent any soot from sifting through the sameand onto the iloor.

In virtue of the door 2O being provided with the cams 2l and 23 it willbe observed that when said door is opened or swung down into ahorizontal position said cams 24. will engage the inner sides of theguards 14, which are preferably recessed, as indicated by 25, and willraise said guards to an upright position, as shown in Fig. l, and willhold said guards in such position, and when the door is closed or raisedto a vertical position the beveled cams 23 will engage the beveled endsof the guards and will swing the same inwardlyT and down upon the apron9. The door 20 is further provided with a suitable latch 2G, which isdesigned to engage' the frame l and hold the door in its closedposition.

In practice when thc doei' 20 is secured in its closed position theguards 1l on the apron will rest iiat upon the said apron andconsequently will not in any manner interfere with the draft in the iiue2. New if it is desired to remove soot from the ilue the operatorunlatches the door and lowers it to the horizontal position shown inFig. 1.. This movement of the door raises the guards 14 to their uprightposition, and the door and apron may then be drawn outwardly to theextent shown in Fig. l, the journals 13, by engaging the inner edges ofthe flanges 6, serving to prevent a further withdrawal of the a-pron.

lVith the parts in the position shown in Fig. 'l it will be seen thatsoot may be conveniently scraped from the fiue 2 onto the apron and fromsaid apron and the door into a receptacle'placed beneath the same toreceive the soot without likelihood of any of the soot falling upon theiioor, which is an important advantage and a desideratum in this classof devices. When the withdrawal of the soot is completed, it is simplynecessary for the operator to shove the parts inwardly until the loweredge of the door 2O impinges against the frame 4 and then raise saiddoor, when, by reason of the ends of the guards 14, said guards will belowered to a horizontal position fiat upon the apron, so as not toobstruct the draft in the flue. The door may then be latched to securethe parts in their closed position.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention the cams 2l, when the dooris in its vcrtical position, depend slightly below the apron, l), andconsequently the frame liis provided with recesses 27 to receive suchdepending portions of the cams.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a stove or range,the combination ol' a body having a flue or space where soot isdeposited and an opening in one of its walls coinmunicating with suchspace, a door for closing said opening and an imperforate apronconnected with said door and adapted when the door is opened to receivesoot from the space in thebody and facilitate the discharge of the sameinto a receptacle, substantially as specified.

2. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having a liuc or spacewhere soot is deposited and an opening in one of its walls communicatingwith such space, a door for closing said opening, and an apron connectedwith said door and having guards; said apron being adapted when the dooris opened to receive soot from the space in the body and facilitate thedischarge of the same into a receptacle, substantially as specified.

In a stove or range, the combination oi a body having an opening in oneof its walls, an apron arranged and adapted to be moved in said opening,and a door connected at an intermediate point of its width in a hingedmanner with the outer end of the apron so as to enable it to assume andremain in a horizontal position; said door being also adapted to closethe opening in the wall of the body, substantially as specified.

4. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having an opening inone oi its walls, a movable apron arranged in said opening and guardsconnected in a hinged manner with the apron, substantially as specied.

5. In a stove or range7 the combination of a body having an opening inone of its walls, a movable apron arranged in said opening, guardsconnected in a hinged manner with IOO IIO

the apron, anda door connected With the apron and equipped With devicesfor raising the guards, said door being also adapted to close theopening in the body, substantially as specited.

6. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having an opening inone of its Walls,

-a movable apron arranged in said opening,

guards connected in a hinged manner with the apron, and a door connectedwith the apron and equipped With devices for raising the guards, anddevices for lowering the guards; said door being also adapted to closethe opening in the body, substantially as specified.

7. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having an opening inone of its Walls, an apron, guards connected in a hinged inanner Withthe apron, and a device connected in a hinged manner With the apron andengaging the guards, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having an opening inone of its walls and also having guideways, an apron inovable in saidguideWays and having a recess 19, guards connected inahin ged mannerwith the apron, one of said guards having a projection 18, and a doorconnected with the apron and equipped Wit-l1 devices for raising theguards when the door is opened, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

9. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having an opening inone of its Walls and inwardly-extending flanges at opposite ends of theopening provided with guideways, an apron movable in said guideways andhaving a recess 19, guards connected in a hinged manner -With the apron,one of said guards having a projection 18, and a door connected with theapron and equipped with devices for raising the guards When the door islowered, substantially as specified.

lO. In a stove or range, the combination of a body having an opening inone of its Walls, an apron, guards connected in a hinged inanner withthe apron and having their outer ends beveled, and a door also connectedina hinged manner with the apron and having cain portions adapted toengage and raise the guards and cam portions adapted to engage and lowerthe guards, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAX M. KOCH. fitnesses LENA ERBEN, JAnvrs A. SLATER.

